Salter defends his Hoyas against CBS

It’s not been an easy few years for the Georgetown Hoyas’ basketball team. They lost in the NCAA Men’s tournament on Sunday to No. 11 seed North Carolina State, part of a recent trend of being knocked out of the tournament by lower-ranked teams.

Suffice to say, Hoya fans are not happy. But Mark Salter, whose previous gigs have included speechwriting and book co-authoring with Sen. John McCain (Jamey Sheridan plays him in “Game Change”), is doing his best to stick up for his alma mater.

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On a CBSSports.com article titled, “Georgetown making a habit of first-weekend flameouts,” Salter took to the comments section to provide some counter-spin.

The article’s author, Jeff Borzello, wrote, “Georgetown has plenty of talent, but its style isn’t conducive to using that to its potential.”

Enter Salter.

“That ‘style’ took them to a final four,” Salter writes beneath the article. “It took them from a projected 10th in the Big East to a 4th place finish. It won 24 games this season. And but for early foul trouble for Sims, it probably would have taken us to the Sweet Sixteen. There’s a reason coaches, not clueless, self declared bball pundits, but coaches, say Gtown is hard to prepare for and play. Do they let just anyone become a basketball analyst at CBS?”

Salter confirmed to POLITICO that he authored to the comments. Still no official confirmation, however, about whether he authored “O: A Presidential Novel.”